Device for supporting flexible tubes



March 2 1926.

I W. A. SELTMANN DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING FLEXIBLE TUBES Filed June 5, 1923 @nunum awue/ntoz Patented'Mar. 2, 1926.

, v 1,575,231 PATENT OFFICE.

UNITED STATES WALTER A. BELTMANN, OF PABBAIC, NEW JERSEY.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, a citizen of the United States, and residing at- Passaic, in the county of Passalc and State of New Jerse ,have invented certain new and useful mprovements 1n Devices for Supporting Flexible Tubes, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

' with these and other objects in view,

This invention relates to devices for suportin flexible tubes or other v. e longated dies m'an'upright or vertical position on a table,'shelf or other support; and the object of the invention is to provide a device of the class specified which is detachably mounted in connection with one end of the tube or other body to be supported; a further object bein to provide the sup orting device with a c osure member for t e discharge spout of the tube, said closure member being formed integral with said. device; arid t e invention consists in a device of the class and for the purpose specified, which is simple in construction, eflicient constructed. as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate .parts of my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which Fig. 1 is a side view of a flexible tube with art of the construction broken away and s owing one of my improved supporting devices mounted in connection therewith and in section.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of a modified form of supporting device and indicating a art of a tube mounted thereon.

ig. 3 is a perspective view of another form of supporting device.

Fig. 4 is a erspective view of another modification which I may employ.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing another modification.

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but showing a modification and with part of the construction omitted; and,

- Fig. 7 is'a view similar to Fig. 6 but showin another modification.

In Fig. 1 of the drawing I have shown at 10 a flexible tube which may contain a WALTER A. SELTMANN,.

in use, and which is dental cream, medicinal preparations, paints or the like, said tube being closed at one end as shown at 11 and the other end being slightly conical inform as shown at 12 and provided centrally with an internally threadeddlscharge member 13, and at 14 I have shown one form of supporting device which I may employ.

The supporting device 14 shown in Fig. 1 comprises a concavo-convex disk-shaped body portion 15 having a luralitv of depending'leg members 16, an centrally of the body 15 is a downwardly directed internally threaded nut member 17 formed integral with the body"15 as clearly shown. The nut member 17 is adapted to be threaded upon the discharge member 13 of the tube, and serves as a closure for. said member as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

In Fig. 2 of the drawing, I have shown a support ng device 18 composed of a concavoconvex body portion 19 havin de ending leg members 20 and upwardly irected spring members 21 intermediate of said leg members. The spring members 21 are adapted to enga e the periphery of a tube 10 tube. In this construction, the body portion 19 is provided centrally with an apermm 22 through which the threaded discharge 13 of the tube 10 is adapted to pass, and with this construction the usual closure cap 23 for the tube isfemployed.

In Fig. 3 of the drawing, I have shown a modified form of supporting device comprisin a on -shaped member 24 provided contra ly wit an aperture 25 adapted to receive the threaded dischar e member 13 of the tube. In Fig. 4 of the rawing, I have shown another form oi. the device comprising a base having three outwardly and downwardly curved. leg members 26, and centrally of the top portion of the base is an upstanding internal y threaded sleeve member 27, into which the threaded discharge member 13 of the tube is adapted to be placed.

In Fig, 5 of the drawingI have shown another form of supporting device 28 comprising a ringbody portion 29 having a phr'ality of depending leg members 30, and intermediate of the le members the body 29 is bent inwardly to orm flanges 31 upon which the flexible tube 10 is adapted to rest when placed in the supporting device, and with this construction the usual closure cap 23 is employed in connection with thetube 10.

In Fig. 6 of the drawing I have shown at 32 another supporting device which 18 substantially similar to the device 14 shown in Fig. 1 except that the body portion 33 thereof is rovided at its periphery with a downward y directed annular sleeve portlon 34, instead of the leg members 16, and the body portion 33 is provided centrally with a downwardly directed nut or closure member 35 similar to the member 17.

In Fig. 7 of the drawing, I have shown at. 36 a body portion which is internally threaded at its opposite ends as shown at 37 and 38 to receive the threaded discharge 13 of the tube 10 and centrally of the body 36 is an annular recess 39 in which one end of a conical spring 40 is secured, and the spring 40 in conjunction with the body portion 36 serves as a supporting device for the tube 10 as shown in full lines, and said device may be attached to the tube 10 as indicated in dotted lines in said figure.

With all of the construction shown, it will be noted that I provide a supporting device which is detachably mounted in connection with the discharge end portion of a flexible tube and which serves to support said tube in a vertical position with the discharge end thereof directed downwardly, and in the construction shown in Figs. 1, 4, 6 and 7 the supporting device also serves as a closure for the discharge member or the tube and takes the place of the usual closure cap. With all the forms of construction shown, the supporting devices will operate to'retain a tube in the desired position and may be detached from the tube when it is desired to discharge a portion of the contents thereof or may be retained upon the tube and the usual closure cap removed, for this purpose, as with the construction shown in Figs. 2 and 5 of the drawing.

By the use of my improved supporting devices, it will be apparent that a tube of the class specified may be supported in a neat, attractive position as well as a position which will occupy the least amount of space on a shelf or other support, and while I have shown certain details of construction' for carrying my invention into effect, it will be understood that I amnot necessarily limited to these details and various changes therein and modifications thereof may be made within the scope of the appended Lowest claims without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificin its advanta es.

Havin fully describe my inventlon, what I c aim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is E 1. Adevice for supportin a flexible tube in an upright position, sai tube comprising a body portion provided at one end with a discharge spout, and said device comprising a body portion fashioned to receive said spout an provided at the periphery thereof with means depending in a direction away from said tube and projectin beyond the discharge end of the spout an of substantially the same transverse dimensions as the corresponding dimensions of said tube and adapted to be placed on a suitable su port for supporting said tube in an uprigiit position. v

2. A device for supporting flexible tubes in an upright position comprising a body in the form of a concavo-convex plate member adapted to form a seat and support for one end of a flexible tube mounted thereon, said bod being provided with an internally threaded thimble-sha ed part projecting from the convex face t ereof and into which the threaded discharge spout of the tube is adapted to be placed, and the periphery of said body'being provided with a plurality of leg members extending in a direction from the convex face thereof and in substantial alinement with the periphery of the tube mounted in .connection therewith, said leg members projecting beyond said thimbleshaped part.

3. A device of the class described adapted to be detachably mounted in connection with the discharge end portion of a flexible tube for supporting the tube in an upright position, said device comprising a body portion upon which one end of the tube rests when mounted in connection therewith, and means depending from said body portion in a direction away from the tube when mounted thereon for supporting the tube in upright position, said means being of substantially the same transverse dimensions as the corresponding dimensions of said tube and projectiug beyond the discharge end of the tube when the. same is mounted in connection with said body portion.

In testimony that I. claim. the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name this 26th day of May 1923.

WALTER A.- SELTMANN.

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